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The 2005 Lanzarote PWA Grand Slam – Final Day

On a day filled with action and drama, Matt Pritchard (US-10, Tabou/ Gaastra) takes the overall Super X victory at the Lanzarote Costa Teguise PWA Grand Slam 2005. By doing so, the American also secures his second overall Super X world title. Karin Jaggi wins the women’s Super X title in Lanzarote, meaning she is also the first ever woman Super X world champion.

The conditions provided a perfect arena for the final day of the 2005 PWA Super X tournament. Solid 20 knot winds and an increasing swell made for a challenging backdrop for the fourth and final day of Super X competition on the Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. The more rounds were completed today in both the men’s and women’s department.

In spite of the moderate swell, none of the riders got into trouble on the first jump. Peter Volwater cleared the first buoy in pole position, Pritchard in second, Swift in third, Baker in fifth and Frans in fifth place. On the forward reach, Volwater went too far downwind and was quickly overtaken by Pritchard and Swift. When it was spock time, Volwater went down, dropping out of the top 5. Pritchard and Swift came out clean and at the third buoy Pritchard was in the lead, followed by Swift and Baker. The second jump didn’t change things, but Ricardo Campello moved up to fifth and then fourth place before Frans. Frans managed to recapture his fourth spot on the last forward reach however, while on point Kevin Pritchard took the heat, before Robby Swift in second, Nik Baker in third, Taty Frans in fourth and Ricardo Campello who took fifth.

All riders cleared the first jump in style and at the first buoy Iballa Moreno was on point, followed closely by Daida Moreno and Jaggi. Nagoshi was trailing in fourth and Alonso in fifth. The Moreno twins did a picture perfect synchronized forward before rounding the second buoy in a simultaneous duckjibe. Iballa still in the lead, Daida second. Jaggi went down in her duckjibe and Nagoshi immediately took advantage moving into third place. Alonso came around in fourth, but was then overtaken by Jaggi who had recovered after falling in. The top five stayed unchanged right up to the second jump, where Jaggi crashed hard. The other girls made it over safely and headed toward the finish with Iballa in the lead, Daida still in second, Nagoshi in third, Alonso in fourth and Jaggi frantically trying to catch up in fifth. But don’t forget we’re talking about the fastest women on the planet here and Jaggi demonstrated this fact once again by screaming past Alonso right before the finish, robbing Alonso of her fourth place.

After the first leg, the Pritchard brother led the way followed by Taty Frans and Cyril Moussilmani. The forwards didn’t significantly change anything in the pecking order, with Kevin Pritchard rounding the second mark in first position, Frans in second, Matt Pritchard in third and Moussilmani in fourth. At the third buoy, Nik Baker popped up out of nowhere, sneaking past Pritchard and Frans on the inside taking the lead and staying up there until the last leg with a mandatory forward loop. Moussilmani went for the early forward and made it. Frans threw another one of his planning forwards and headed for the finish line. Baker and the Pritchards made no mistakes and rushed towards the checkered flag. It was Baker who got the gold, Matt Pritchard silver which proved to be enough to take the 2005 overall Super X title, Moussilmani got bronze, Frans took fourth and Diony Guadagnino claimed the fifth spot.

At the first jump Alonso hit the wall and went down. Daida Moreno got it right and took the lead before Jaggi, Nagoshi, van der Valk and Hoelzl. The forward section did not disturb the top 4, but Alba snatched fifth place from Hoelzl. At the third mark, Jaggi went down and Nagoshi moved into second place, followed closely by van der Valk and Alba. Jaggi wouldn’t let go that easily though and by the fourth buoy, she was back in third place again. Daida was still comfortably in the top slot with Nagoshi behind her on her way to the overall Super X title. Daida Moreno crossed the line in first position taking her first Super X final. Nagoshi lined up for the jump and went for it, but it wasn’t to be for the Japanese as she didn’t clear the marker and went down only metres away from the finish line. Jaggi seized the moment and passed the jump and Nagoshi, taking second place and shattering Nagoshi’s hopes for the title. Silvia Alba managed to squeeze in front of Nagoshi, who recovered to take fourth place, before Astrid Muldoon who took fifth. And so it was Karin Jaggi taking the first ever PWA Super X title, by taking the Lanzarote Super X title and thus the 2005 overall.

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